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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1447      1999 Sep 26 16.35UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK             GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK
WORLD WIDE WEB                    http://www.demon.co.uk/astronomer
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SUPERNOVAE
P. Astier, Laboratoire de Physique Nucleaire et des Hautes
Energies, CNRS/IN2P3, and Universites Paris VI et VII, on behalf of
the European Supernova Cosmology Consortium report ten supernovae
found with the 2.5-m Isaac Newton Telescope (INT) in their
Intermediate Redshift Supernova Search:

SN      1999 UT       R.A. (2000.0) Decl.       g'     z    Type
1999dr  Sept. 2.99  23 00 17.56  - 0 05 12.5   22.1  0.182   Ia
1999ds  Sept. 7.06  23 53 51.63  + 0 09 22.9   22.4  0.350   II?
1999dt  Sept. 4.05   0 45 42.29  + 0 03 22.2   23.5  0.439   Ia
1999du  Sept. 8.16   1 07 05.94  - 0 07 53.8   22.8  0.263   Ia
1999dv  Sept. 9.10   1 08 58.96  + 0 00 24.8   21.8  0.187   Ia
1999dw  Sept. 7.15   1 22 52.80  - 0 16 20.8   24.1  0.447   Ia?
1999dx  Sept. 8.20   1 33 59.45  + 0 04 15.3   22.2  0.270   Ia
1999dy  Sept. 8.21   1 35 49.53  + 0 08 38.3   21.7  0.206   Ia
1999dz  Sept. 8.21   1 37 03.24  + 0 01 57.9   23.4  0.488   Ia
1999ea  Sept. 9.20   1 47 26.09  - 0 02 07.2   23.3  0.399   Ia
IAUC 7258 (extract)

COMET 1999 S2
Rob McNaught, Australian National University, reports his
discovery of a comet on an R survey film taken with the U.K.
Schmidt Telescope by F. G. Watson.  The comet shows a very strong
central condensation, a weak circular coma of diameter 20", and a
diffuse tail 3'.5 long in p.a. 210 deg.  Confirming CCD images by
McNaught with the 1.0-m f/8 reflector at Siding Spring on Sept. 21
yield m_2 = 20.1-20.2.

     1999 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.        m1    Observer
     Sept.19.72016    3 13 21.68   -63 48 28.8   17.5   Watson
          19.76183    3 13 20.56   -63 48 33.5            "
          21.55226    3 12 26.29   -63 53 46.0          McNaught
          21.55392    3 12 26.24   -63 53 46.2            "
          21.55595    3 12 26.16   -63 53 46.6            "
          21.55789    3 12 26.09   -63 53 46.9            "
IAUC 7260

We offer our congratulations to Rob McNaught, a long standing
supporter of TA, on this latest discovery.

Guy M Hurst